Elevating-truck.



No. 721,281. PATENTED FEB. 24, 1903.

- H. F. BROYLBS.

ELEVATING TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17, 1902.

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- 11.11". BROYLES;

ELEVATING TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 17, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. BROYLES, OF WESTERN PORT, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOJAMES A. WELSH, OF WESTERN PORT, MARYLAND.

ELEVATlNG-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,281, dated February24, 1903.

Application filed December 17,1902. Serial No. 135,511. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY F. BEoYLEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at VVestern Port, in the county of Allegany and State ofMaryland, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements inElevating-Trucks, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings,

1 wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts oneach figurethereof.

The object of my invention-is to provide means whereby trunks and otherbaggage can be readily received upon a platform connected to a truckthat can be elevated, lowered,and adjusted at suitable heights withinits guiding framework, as more fully hereinafter set forth anddescribed.

The main purpose of my invention is that a truck constructed as herewithillustrated and described can be employed in railroaddepots forreceiving trunks and other packages on its platform elevated to thelevel of the floor of a baggage-car and after deposit thereon can besafely removed and delivered Where desired, said platform being loweredas may be required, enabling its contents to be carried safely and to betaken off therefrom without risk of fraction either of the package orthe contents thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view'of a truckconstructed with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on Fig. 3 is asectional View on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a detail perspectiveview of'lever removed from the frame. 1

The main frame rests on four corner rotating wheels A and hasrigidly-connected parts, consisting of perpendicular corner-posts B,uprising from front and rear lower rails b, upper rails 19, and siderails b and 17 all of said posts and rails being connected by screws bwhere brought together.

0 isaplatform whichis supported on interior corner-posts c, fastenedattheir upper ends thereto, enabling them to be lifted and lowered withsaid platform. The platform-posts 0 when moved in either direction passalongside of the main corner-posts B, whereby they are all maintained inright lines and will not be diverged therefrom. Another part of theframeextending transversely from the upper side beams 17 is a brace D,which has quadrangular openings (1, through which guidingposts d,fastenedat their upper ends to the elevatory platform 0, will pass whenthe platform is removed and retain it in perpendicular position. v

E is a lever having its end extending outwardly of the main framerearwardly. Between the posts B andfastened at its upper and lower endsto the transverse rails 11 and b is a metallic ratchet-plate E, into theteeth of which the lever E will be rested at any distance of its length.Said lever extends inwardly of the framework and is pivoted to a rod e,extending transversely inside of the frame from the lower ends of theguidingposts d. ing-posts and attached thereto are four strips (1 twoextending to the rear and front end of the frame, inside thereof. Theopposite ends of said strips d are firmly connected upwardly to theupper ends of the'guiding-posts O, and by means of the describedconnected parts when thelever is lowered the guidingposts (1 will beraised, "also the four cornerposts a at same time upraise the platform0, to which these upper ends are. fastened, as hereinbefore described,and fully illustrated in the drawings. v

Although for the purpose of setting forth the'main purpose of myinvention I have stated that it can be satisfactorily employed forremoving 'trunks 'andAother packages in railway-depots, as it is wellknown that when they are thrown out of the cars any fragile contentsthereof are liable to be broken up and destroyed; but it will beunderstood by all familiar with the line of art to which the deviceapplies that it can be used in any desired location. j

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is I A truck that has a quadrangular frame consistingof corner perpendicular posts, towhich are secured sidelongitudinalrails'and at each end transverse rails all" mounted'oncorner rotatory wheels, provided with an elevatory platform having ateach corner thereof and firmly connected thereto at its upper end a Fromthe lower ends of said gnid- WWW guiding-rod, the lower ends of saidguidingrods being free, a lever extending outward rearwardly and pivotedon a rod extending transversely inside the frame and attached at eachend to an opposite short rail extending downwardly from the platform, towhich they are attached, and having at each side connected to the lowerends of said short rails, diagonal strips extending therefrom up- 10wardly to the upper corner of each guidingrod all in combination with anend ratcheted plate into the teeth of which the movable lever isoperated, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 15 two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY F. BROYLES. Witnesses:

JOHN D. KALBAUGH, JOHN R. WELSH.

